Valve News Networks provides new updates on Half-Life: Alyx and the potential L4D VR game.
According to new information uncovered by Valve News Network while data-mining the SteamVR platform, Valve is currently in development of a Left 4 Dead VR spinoff. Run by independent reporter Tyle McVicker, you may recognize Valve News Network as the source responsible for leaking information regarding Half-Life: Alyx prior to its official reveal this past November.
In a message posted to his Twitter on December 8th, Tyler claims that not only is Left 4 Dead VR real, but that more details surrounding Half-Life: Alyx will be revealed during the 2019 Game Awards beginning tomorrow at 5pm.
McVicker breaks down the newly-discovered information in a video update posted on November 30th to his official Valve News Network YouTube channel. In it, he breaks down several strings from Left 4 Dead that were found in VR-related software that Valve has actively been making updates to. Some of the terms listed include”coach,” “biker,” “jimmy,” “riot_control,” “namvet,” and many other references to the Left 4 Dead franchise.
“Surprisingly, we have Left 4 Dead related strings showing their head for the first time in nearly three years,” states McVicker in the video.
During the video, he discusses not only several Left 4 Dead related strings of code, but several updates on Half-Life: Alyx as well, including new enemies and weaponry. According to the code found in SteamVR, the zombie will make a return to the Half-Life universe, as well as a new enemy referred to as the Reviver.
There’s also a reference to the Vortigaunt, an extra-dimensional alien race that served as hostile non-playable characters in the original Half-Life before allying themselves with the protagonist in Half-Life 2. Based on the details provided, it sounds as though these characters will be assisting the player throughout the game.
In addition to these potential character updates, McVicker references several strings that could provide more information regarding the weapons of Half-Life: Alyx. According to McVicker, players will have access to a “Phys Gun” (possibly an early version of the now-confirmed Gravity Gloves), an “Energy Gun,” frag grenades, the iconic crowbar, as well as a weapon referred to as “Rapid Fire.”
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